Wales v Slovakia Betting Preview – Euro 2016, 11th June
Slovakia pulled out a shock result recently when they went on the road to Germany for a friendly and won 3-1. Think of that and their win over Spain during qualifying, where they finished three points ahead of the Ukraine and this would appear to be a tough game for the Welsh. Wales will need Gareth Bale at his very best because their opponents may be hard to break down. Wales struggled for goals during qualifying and there may not be much give and take in this one. It should be a tight one.
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Wales v Slovakia Betting Tips
You have to be a little bit worried about the fact that Wales are not in winning touch at the moment. Wales have won only one of their last seven matches and that victory was a 2-0 home struggle against Andorra at the back end of Euro 2016 qualifying. So there are concerns about their ability to get out of Group B at Euro 2016 which also houses Russia and England. The have lost four of their last six played as well, so they can not exactly be full of confidence, and the 3-0 defeat they suffered in Sweden in their final warm up match ahead of the finals won’t have helped either. Wales and Slovakia have met just twice before and that was back during Euro 2008 qualifiers. Both scored five goals in recording respective away wins in those two meetings. That’s thirteen goals in the previous two meetings then.
It’s hard to see either of these running up five goals at the moment. Wales only scored eleven during qualifying in total. Behind seven of those goals was Gareth Bale who netted seven and he is a 4/1 first goalscorer on or the game while he is 7/5 in the anytime goalscorer market. Wales have one clean sheet in their last seven remember so you can take a punt at Both Teams To Score perhaps for a price of 5/4, not a bad punt given their brief history between these two. Wales are looking terrifically strong defensive and you never know, Gareth Bale could produce a piece of magic. The difficulty here knowing what they are facing. Slovakia have looked equal parts hopeless and pretty decent recently.
Overall Slovakia finished second in their qualification campaign behind Spain and they did land that win over Spain along the way as well. They also took a big 3-1 win in Germany during a friendly recently and that alone would suggest that they are going to more than match up to Wales. You can’t argue with their form really because they have gone unbeaten in their last eight games, which all started with a victory in their final Euro 2016 qualifying match. They have produced draws against both Northern Ireland, Ireland (where they looked awful) and have beaten Germany and Georgia in their last four games. The wins over Georgia and Germany were both by 3-1 scoreline. There could be more goals that meets the eye in this one.
Wales v Slovakia Betting Odds
Wales 15/8, Slovakia 15/8, Draw 2/1
Wales v Slovakia Predictions
Given the comparative form of the two here you would have to swing with Slovakia for the win. They may well keep Gareth Bale quiet and give the Welsh a rough night. However, the draw has the biggest appeal here in the outright. Simply because you just don’t quite know which Slovakia is going to turn up.
